5 Acts — London, England"Curly Teeth"Micachu & The Shapes on MySpaceMicachu & The Shapes on The Hype Machine more info

JamBase — The 2009 Capitol Hill Block Party Seattle's Premiere Celebration of Independent Music - July 24 & July 25 Sonic Youth The 2009 Capitol Hill Block Party takes over Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood July 24-25. The Block Party is an annual... more info

Music Mule — What? Martina Topley Bird / Micachu & The Shapes / the cocknbull kid / Alessi’s Ark Join ActionAid for an event in support of women around the world campaigning for equal rights and an end to discrimination against women. Performing live will be so... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The A.V. Club interviews author Bret Easton Ellis about adapting his novel The Informers for the big screen. The A.V. Club: You wrote a draft of American Psycho for David Cronenberg, but The Informers is the first time you’ve... more info

Guardian Music — Sit back, turn on the overhead projector and let the Invisible's Dave Okumu be your guide as he talks you through his tour snaps ... more info

Music Mule — mp3: Micachu - Curly Teeth ‘Curly Teeth’ is taken from little Londoner’s Micahcu’s stunning debut album ‘Jewellery’. It’s got a dirty bass line, some far Eastern sounding acoustic guitar and understated vocals. Just the right combinatio... more info

Guardian Music — There will be no guitars on this week's show. Repeat: no guitars. Well, OK, maybe just one or two, but if you believe the hype about Yeah Yeah Yeahs' new album, there's not a Fender or Gibson on their new album It's Blitz! Tim Jonze got to the bottom... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — BBC News interviews Seth Grahame-Smith, author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Finally what do you think Jane Austen would have made of all this? I think she would have a sense of humour about it. I think that... more info

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — You know that little tuner that every band carries around, plugs into, and checks constantly throughout their shows? Well it turns out that little box isn't really necessary to create incredibly catchy and addictive pop music, just ask Mica Levi. Lev... more info

Idolator — Our look at the closing lines of the week's biggest new-music reviews continues with a roundup of reactions to Jewellry, the Matthew Herbert-produced debut album by Micachu and the Shapes: • "Micachu's album has all the markers of quirky chic-an un... more info